EPA v. CITY OF TROY, MO

Case summary

Respondent land applied bulk sewage sludge on eleven occasions between September 4, 2018, and September 28, 2018, with levels of cadmium in excess of the ceiling concentration of 85 mg/kg permitted by 40 C.F.R. ? 503.13(a) Table 1. Additionally, Respondent failed to have the sampling documentation needed to demonstrate compliance with the ceiling concentrations for cadmium permitted by 40 C.F.R. ? 503.13(a) for the biosolid land applications that occurred in September 2018, and/or to provide such documentation to the persons performing the land applications, in violation of 40 C.F.R. ?? 503.12(e) and (f). Respondent?s failure to comply with the ceiling concentration limitations and documentation requirements, as described above, are violations of Respondent?s NPDES permits, Section 405 of the CWA, 33 U.S.C. ? 1345, and implementing regulations at 40 C.F.R. Part 503

Defendants (1)

• CITY OF TROY MISSOURINamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (2)

• TROY SOUTHEAST WWTP

  SOUTHEAST INDUSTRIAL PARK, TROY, MO, 63379

  Registry ID: 110037506534

• TROY HWY 47 WWTP

  364 EAST HIGHWAY 47, TROY, MO, 63379

  Registry ID: 110064269116

Statutes cited

• CWA 405 — Sewage Sludge Disposal

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• CITY OF TROY, MOentered 2020-05-07

  Primary law: CWA

  Federal penalty: $11,500

Timeline (7 milestones)

• 2020-05-07Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2020-05-07Compliance Achieved
• 2020-05-07Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2020-05-07Final Order Issued
• 2020-05-07NPDES Closed
• 2020-05-07Enforcement Action Closed
• 2020-05-07Pipeline Closed